I have been a Las Vegas Metropolitan police officer for nearly 7 years now.  You all can believe when I say that a large majority of us cops here agree that the polygraph in a load of crap.  It is not just the potential new hires that have to be subjected to this nonsense.  I know of a few guys who have had to take them for investigation or promotional reasons.  I also know that there a more than a few of us who have beaten the polygraph as well. Its a situation that I cannot even explain, if so many people know of the shortcomings of these tests, why the Hell are they still being used so strongly?  My little brother will be testing with us soon and the ONLY thing he is worried about is the friggin polygraph, as he knows that its almost as if only the lucky survive it.  For the record, this is a great department, I'm just letting off some steam.  The most ironic part of all this is that I've spoken to one of our poly examiners several times and he has even told me that the tests are only about 70% accurate.

Speaking of the quality of hired officers in the LVMPD, lets add a couple more to the group of aforementioned winners already listed.  Sergeant Tom Keller investigated for receiveing 15,000 dollars from an adult club owner(Crazyhorse Too); officer David Miller was caught on a casino camera beating a handcuffed man repeatedly in the head, face, and body.  The man sustained a fractured vertabrae; and more recently officer Ryan McCulloch was arrested for his third DUI offense in 18 months, as well as driving a police vehicle with a revoked driver's license.  I could also mention the D.A.R.E. officer who resigned after she tested positive for marijuana, or several other arrogent punks us Las Vegans have to deal with who have been given badges.

I antisipate on taking my polygraph with metro very soon and after reading all these posts I'm more nervous then I was before.

I aced my LVMPD poly not once, but twice.  The first time I took it the examiner buzzed right through it and everything was fine. The last time I took it the examiner was a little more thorough, and she was nice.  I used visualization and tongue bite to ensure my passing the test.  Neither time did the examiners have the slightest clue.  So all you nonbelievers in countermeasures, all I can say is they worked for me.

I'll be taking my LVMPD poly very soon.  I am not nervous yet rather anxious.  I just want it to be over with.  This is my first time to ever experience a lie detector test, but I am fully aware that they are a crap shoot.  My friend whose father is a metro cop for more than 20 years said that he doesn't favor the lie detector tests, but it is an obstacle you have to go through. 

They start their application process again in January.

A few short years ago LVMPD was in the hot seat for hiring 147 police officers that were NEVER even given a background investigation.  I'm sure that all of the new hires passed their polygraphs, so the background unit trusted that these individuals were all good choices.     THEY THOUGHT WRONG.   An incident that helped spark this discovery was when one of their officers was charged with homicide.  This same officer was fired from his former job as a Dillards security guard for being too aggressive and combative.  He also failed to mention that he had been previously arrested.  Good job LVMPD for another fine choice as one of your city's finest.  Keep trusting in the polygraphs when you make your hiring decisions.

So are there any P.D.'s that people would recommend applying to in or around SoCal or vegas?